Fastener for a hank of ribbon or the like



June 1, 1954 2,679,930

FASTENER FOR A HANK OF RIBBON OR THE LIKE Filed May 3, 1952 rnllllinwlll ll 1'1 IIIIIlI/ll 4/1717!!! 1/ IN VEN TOR. HARRY J Rossl ATTORNEYS Patented June 1, 1954 UNITED STATES i OFFICE FASTENER FOR A HANK 0F RIBBON OR THE LIKE Harry J. Rossi, Bronx,

Gair Company, ration of Delaware N. Inc., New York, N. Y., a corpo- Y., assignor to Robert 4 Claims.

The invention relates to fasteners for hanks of ribbon and the like.

Heretofore in packaging hanks of ribbon, it has been customary to fasten the hank by a sleeve of metal foil or paper wrapped around the hank at the middle, and to provide separate securing or spacing means to hold a number of such hanks in place on a paperboard card or platform shaped to fit the box in which the ribbon is packaged. Sometimes the ends of the hanks were tucked through slots or loops in the platform, but this had the disadvantage of damaging the ends of the hanks, creasing the ribbon instead of preserving the smooth rounded form of the ends of the hank. This has proved particularly objection able in the packaging of inexpensive ribbons of paper and the various substitutes for silk or woven fabrics which are more easily frayed, cracked or otherwise injured when creased too sharply.

Attempts to overcome this difficulty have included the proposal to use a special design of platform which provides an individual pocket or tray for each hank. However, this is a, rather expensive solution to the problem because of the cost of manufacture of the special platforms which are necessarily quite intricate in design.

In accordance with my invention, the sleeve which fastens the hank at its middle is so formed as to provide a self-contained fastening to secure the hank to its mounting card or platform without the use of separate fastening means or trick platforms, and without subjecting the ends of the hanks to damage from creasing. This is accomplished by providing a fastener comprising a strip of metal foil or the like foldable about parallel fold lines to form a box-like sleeve having top and side panels and overlapping bottom panels, and tabs cut out of said bottom panels, the tabs forming downward extensions of the side panels of the sleeve to extend through slits of a mounting card or platform and fold over against the underside of such platform. By this extremely simple construction, and without the use of a single additional element or any extra material of any kind, I have made it possible to secure the hanks to the platforms by the sleeves of the hanks themselves. Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastoner and mounting in what I now consider to be its best form.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the fastener blank used in forming the fastener of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the same, taken as indicated at 33 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows the same fastener in central transverse section as folded, or wrapped, around the ribbon hank and before the hank has been mounted on the platform card.

Fig. 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the complete mounting, taken as indicated at 5-5 in Fig. 1, and showing how the adjacent tabs of two adjacent sleeves can extend through the same slit of the platform; also how the tabs lock the sleeves to the platform. so that no other fastening or spacing means are needed.

In Figs. 3, 4. and 5 the thickness of the metal foil has been exaggerated for clarity; similarly in Fig. 5 the thickness of the paperboard stock of the mounting platform is exaggerated.

Referring first to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, my improved fastener comprises a strip of metal foil 6 foldable about parallel fold lines 7, 8, 9 and ill to form a box-like sleeve H for ribbon hank H, this sleeve having top and side panels l2 and i3 and overlapping bottom panels i l, and tabs l5 out out of the bottom panels by arcuate slits It therein. Tabs 45 form downward extensions of side panels 53 and are adapted to extend through slits ll of mounting card or platform it.

In my preferred construction the parallel fold lines 7, t, 9 and it are preformed as indentations and the like in the metal foil as may best be seen in Fig. 3. However, indentations l and to preferably are interrupted at the bases of tabs l5 so that as the bottom panels are folded to complete the formation of the sleeve there is a tendency for the tabs to remain parallel with side panels It, as in Fig. 4. By spacing slits ll of the platform by a distance equal to the width of the sleeve I 2, the adjacent tabs of two adjacent sleeves can extend through the same slit in the manner shown in Fig. 5. However, if desired, the hanks may be otherwise located on the platform.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used in a descriptive and not a limiting sense, and I have no intention of excluding such equivalents of the invention described, or of portions thereof, as fall within the purview of the claims.

I claim:

1. A fastener for a hank of ribbon and the like, said fastener comprising a strip of metal foil foldable about parallel fold lines to form a box-like sleeve having top and side panels and overlapping bottom panels, and tabs cut out of said bottom panels, said tabs forming individual spaced downward extensions of the respective side panels of the sleeve to extend through slits of a mounting card or platform.

2. A fastener as defined by claim 1 in which said parallel fold lines are preformed as indentations in the metal foil, said indentations being interrupted at the bases of said tabs so that as the bottom panels are folded to complete the formation of the sleeve there is a tendency for the tabs to remain parallel with the side panels.

3. A mounting for a hank of ribbon and the like, said mounting comprising a platform with a series of parallel slits therethrough and a boxlike sleeve of metal foil having top and side panels and overlapping bottom panels, and tabs cut out of said bottom panels, said tabs forming individual spaced downward extensions of the respective side panels to extend through said slits in the platform and fold over against the underside of the platform.

4. A mounting as defined by claim 3 in which the slits are spaced apart by a distance equal to the width of the sleeve and the tabs are coplanar with the respective side panels of the sleeve whereby the adjacent tabs of two adj acent sleeves can extend through the same slit.

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